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Theology in the Raw

678: #678 - Can a married gay couple be included in your church? Why Christians don't need to be pro-Israel, and why William Lane Craig is terribly wrong in his view of hell.

Theology in the Raw

Preston Sprinkle

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2018

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

On episode #678 of Theology in the Raw Preston answers questions submitted by listeners.
Questions covered on the show included:

1) Can a married gay couple be included in your church?
2) Why Christians don't need to be pro-Israel.
3) Why William Lane Craig is terribly wrong in his view of hell.


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0:00.0

Can a married gay couple with kids be included in your church? Why Christians don't need to be pro-Israel and why William Lane Craig is terribly wrong in his view of hell.

0:13.6

I'm Priscoll and you are episode of theology in the Rob. We've got a whole

0:35.2

slew of really, really good questions. Some of these questions are going to require a very

0:39.6

thorough answer so we got to jump in and get started. We are talking about

0:44.0

hell, we are talking about gay marriage, we are talking about pro-

0:48.6

whether Christians should be pro-Israel in other things like resources on

0:52.0

women and ministry and why some people who are

0:55.3

committed to celibacy end up going back on that commitment. So let's dive into

1:00.5

probably the toughest question that was thrown at me and this has to do with a married

1:07.4

gay couple who has a child and my friend and I'll just jump in here to his question he says I'm talking to my friend this this gay couple about Jesus at what point does they do they need to know my convictions he says this is where it gets

1:24.0

complicated because the guy is already married with a kid do the biblical

1:28.0

statements about homosexuality supersede the biblical saying things like well their marriage is never valid before God so you know it's not

1:44.6

going to be a divorce anyway but I can't get around the reality that the marriage is

1:48.1

real to them whatever theological nuance we want to give their family unit is not a technicality to them and

1:55.6

divorcing would bring division to the small family that they've created.

2:00.1

If you were in my position would you sit down with my friend and say,

2:03.2

look, here's what it's going to cost you if you choose to follow Jesus?

2:06.5

Or would you continue to introduce him to Jesus and through loving discussions allow

2:11.0

him to form his own conclusion about what God wants him to do regarding

2:14.4

his marriage. And then you ask for any other advice you can give. So a really tough situation and I'm getting

2:21.7

this question much more frequently because this is a

2:25.9

This is not a fringe scenario, but something that is

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